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You're an effective almost-hoarder. Or you just haven't been doing it long enough, and generated enough chaos in your living space. When I need a bolt, I spend 15 minutes looking for the one I know I have, and end up at the hardware store anyway. And buy half a dozen, since I know I may need it again someday. It never works.

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Fox news hosts all ate lead paint and drank from lead filled pipes and say "Hey I'm still alive after being polluted and look how "smart" we are" as they all drag their knuckles across the floor.

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Can't believe this but my smoke alarm on a super high ceiling is beeping away climbed on tall ladder and the damn battery slot is at a weird angle almost fell off ladder trying to ram it in still the SOB is still beeping. Decided my brother-in-law is right should have a shot gun in the house because I want to shoot it. Sigh hope that doesn't mean I'm becoming right wing.

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Huh, they don't last 10 years my 20 year lights in high ceiling are are going out.

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So, what they are actually saying is that they want the XBox to be more woke? No sleeping when not in use.

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I need to find a better species.

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I agree in principle, but there aren't any car rental places in rural areas. We're gonna need government to subsidize these proposed rural car rental agencies.

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I'm guessing that if you're really in a rural area and you have a truck, you probably use it for truck-like stuff more than once or twice a year, though.

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Not really. My truck is mostly just a grocery getter; I'll drive it to the doctor's office and computer repair shop later today. A tow hitch installed on a little car would really make more sense, that way we could pull a trailer when needed. I'm quite jealous of people who have car rental agencies as an option, because we have to keep a backup vehicle around to use when one of our primary vehicles beaks down. Would be nice to just rent a ride.

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I can't imagine caring about this kind of shit — M&Ms and Xbox. If this is the biggest problem in your life, count your fucking blessings because clearly there is nothing worthwhile to be upset about.

I have to hope most people see this for the ridiculous nonsense that it is, and if anyone is a snowflake, it's the people freaking out that an M&M isn't sexy anymore or the Xbox saves a little bit of energy (which also reduces your energy bills, idiots!).

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Please report back if you do.

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are they going to start smashing their xboxes and filming it?

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I am already living with "cats in the mist."

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"We would of course include a prominent warning label telling users not to run the generator indoors," thus guaranteeing they will.

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